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Australia Builds Desalination Plants and Pipelines to Bring Water to Mines

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To feed water-hungry mining industries, similar plans are in the works to supply drought-ridden regions of Australia and China.
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The Stream, March 24: India-Pakistan Water Disputes

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A 330-megawatt dam under construction in the Indus River Basin…
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The Stream, March 18: Japan and Haiti

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Fuel shortages, heavy snowfall and freezing weather are hampering…
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The Stream, March 15: Nuclear Power

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Germany has set a three-month moratorium on plans to extend the…
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Focusing on Sustainable Growth — China Releases Draft of 12th Five-Year Plan

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Clearly wary about the consequences of its rapid economic development on the environment, China has set a path over the next five years to reduce consumption of the two most important resources that power its economy— coal and water. The country plans to rein in water use and introduces new energy intensity reduction targets in pursuit of more sustainable economic growth, according to the draft proposal of the 12th Five-Year Plan, the master economic blueprint that will chart China’s development through 2015.
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The Stream, March 10: The Alberta Tar Sands

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Tar sands development in northern Alberta, Canada, causes water…
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Digital Controls Improve Energy Efficiency at Colorado River Dams: Davis, Hoover, Parker

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Mechanical parts from the 1950s are being replaced with digital controls at three dams.
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The Stream, March 7: Desalination, Ethanol and Dams

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There are about 20 full-scale proposals for desalination plants…
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The Stream, March 1: What’s Choking China’s Growth?

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Pollution and growing demand for resources threaten to halt China's…
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The Stream, February 22: Cholera and Climate

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Investing 2 percent, or roughly $1.3 trillion, of the global…
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The Stream, February 10: Hydropower Push

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft plan…
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The Stream, February 1: Weather Extremes and Budget Balances

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While ordinary Chinese flood train stations, bus terminals and…